How "It Smells like Teen Spirit" got into your Master System

Once again I have gone off in search on the Internet for the
forgotten history of Video Game's. To boldly traverse into the
unknown, to uncover the truths that almost no one will find
interesting. My search brought me to the one place I didn't expect, to
a system I had never known nor played. I brought me to South Korean
Popular culture!

The Dinosaur Dooley is, according to the always correct *cough* Wikipedia, was a cartoon
dinosaur who, like all beloved cartoon characters, became the star of
his own absurd video game. The Dinosaur Dooley was a game that was
made for the Sega Master System round abouts 1991 and 1992. In spite
of the complete lack of the SMS popularity in the States, the Korean
devloper of the game was excited and serious about bringing its
creation to the West. The Korean team tried to break into the US
market by asking their dubious American distributor for some help on
creating the music. They wanted to appeal to the American public, but
did not know what kind of music that American's like. They asked for
and recieved mixed tape that was jam packed with current big hits in
America for inspiration.

When I loaded up this game I was struck with a certain sense of
nostalgia. "I've heard this song before, it wasn't this shitty,
but I know the song." Yes, wanting to create game music that
would appeal to the West the developer had outright copied the music
for "Smells
Like Teen Spirit" into a 8-bit midi diddy. The experience
is made worse by the absolute horridness that is the Sega Master
System sound chip. The Sega Genesis was no sound producing powerhouse
but it was a freaking prodigy when compared to the utter metallic
robust the SMS emitted. The team didn't stop there, such
"great" songs like "Two Princes" by the Spin
Doctors, and numerous other pop hits from 1991 that you are now
embarrassed you liked, played prominently in the background of
Dooley's so-so shooter adventure.

Suffice to say, the game was never released in America and has lay
in fallow for the last 17 years, its copyright infringement becoming
just a distant Internet murmur. With the powers of the Internets,
don't ask me how, it is possible to experience this lost
"gem." The gameplay is nothing to earth shattering, but I
found the playing the game worthwhile if only for the novelty of
trying to substantiate which musical hit of 1991-1992 is blaring
somewhat incoherently in the background. The history of The Dinosaur
Dooley is an interesting look into a simpler time in gaming. A time
before Korea had transformed Starcraft into a national sport and began
clogging the Internets with free MMO's. We've come a long way baby.